This series will weave together:

the healing properties of over 100 medicinal plants
working safely and effectively with plants to heal ourselves and others
herbal remedy making, techniques and formulation
the properties of herbs and discussion of cardiotonics, alteratives, demulcents, adaptogens, and more!
winter wellness
making an herbal first aid kit
local plant identification
basic botany terminology
writing monographs and learning how to research plants
building your Materia medica
discussion of contraindications and herb/drug interactions
making an herbarium
plant energetics
making and working with flower essences
herbal gardening and design
creating Medicine Wheel Gardens
introduction to the therapeutic and safe usage of essential oils
the sacred plants of power and how to work with them
introduction to the Native American Medicine Wheel
the shamanic journey and Sacred Dreaming
discovering personal plant allies
sustainable herbalism
includes a private online group for interaction in-between sessions

At the end of the course, you will know how to work with herbs medicinally, be able to make your own herbal remedies in the form of infusions, decoctions, tea blends, oils, salves, vinegars, oxymels, flower essences, tinctures, and syrups. You will feel confident to create remedies for yourself and your family, garden with herbs, know how to harvest and dry herbs properly, identify locally growing herbs, and will have discovered at least one of your plant allies. You will have a good solid foundation in herbalism should you like to continue with your studies. Join us as we journey around the Sacred Medicine Wheel learning and growing with the Plant Nations reawakening our relationship to Mother Earth!